| 100% | STRAY | 5 | "___ Cat Strut" (hit song with the lyric "I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight") |
| 50% | NEEDSTO | 7 | "No One ___ Know" (Shania Twain hit song with the lyric "I'm gonna keep it a secret for now") (2 wds.) |
| 49% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DANCINGQUEEN | 12 | 39-Down song with the lyrics "Where they play the right music, getting in the swing / You come to look for a king" |
| 47% | TREATMYSELF | 11 | Hit single by 9-Down with the lyric "I'll fight for me, and honestly I deserve some credit" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | TRUE | 4 | Spandau Ballet hit song with the lyrics "I bought a ticket to the world / But now I've come back again" |
| 45% | PLEASEMRPOSTMAN | 15 | 1961 No. 1 hit by the Marvelettes with the lyric “Is there a letter, a letter for me?” |
| 44% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 43-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 44% | APPLAUSE | 8 | Hit song by 42-Across with the lyrics "Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me" |
| 44% | CREEP | 5 | Radiohead hit song with the lyric "I wish I was special" |
| 44% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 43% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady A song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 43% | OURKINDOFLOVE | 13 | Lady Antebellum song with the lyrics "You wear your smile like a summer sky / Just shining down on me and you" (4 wds.) |
| 43% | THESEDREAMS | 11 | Heart hit song with the lyric "Every second of the night I live another life" |
| 42% | IHATEMEN | 8 | "Kiss Me, Kate" song with the lyric "For husbands are a boring lot and only give you bother" |
| 42% | HUSH | 4 | Deep Purple hit song with the lyric "I thought I heard her / calling my name now" |
| 42% | TRUFFLEBUTTER | 13 | Nicki Minaj hit song from "The Pinkprint" with the lyric "I floss everyday, but I ain't a dentist" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit song with the lyric "When I call, you never seem to be home" |
| 41% | TOXIC | 5 | Britney Spears hit song with the lyric "A guy like you should wear a warning" |
| 41% | COOL | 4 | Jonas Brothers hit song with the lyric "Woke up feelin' like a new James Dean" |
| 41% | TAXMAN | 6 | Beatles song with the lyric "There's one for you, nineteen for me" |
| 41% | MEMORY | 6 | Barbra Streisand hit song with the lyrics "I can smile at the old days / I was beautiful then" |
| 41% | IMAGINE | 7 | Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 41% | AMEN | 4 | Beyoncé song with the lyric “Say a prayer for what has been” |
| 41% | MAPS | 4 | Maroon 5 hit song with the lyric "When all the roads you took came back to me" |
| 41% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 41% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer ..." |
| 41% | HALO | 4 | Beyonce hit song with the lyric “I got my angel now” |
| 40% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyric "Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee" |
| 40% | ROYALS | 6 | 2013 Lorde hit song with the lyrics "Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B" |